Yes [img]smile.gif[/img] A large and very famous warship

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I remembered that because the names are 2 birds!!!

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

OK-my question.

In the Vietnam War, what symbolised an NVA officer's rank in the field?

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

OK-my question.

In the Vietnam War, what symbolised an NVA officer's rank in the field?

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Sorry Panzerknacker
There appears to be some confusion.
I though you, were asking whether I had got the name right.
I was just saying that I had got the name right, and that the ship involved is a large and famous one.
The answer is not USS Robin,
Sorry about this

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Ryan--they wore small Collar Tabs--VERY similar to the Japanese in ww2. Usually mostly Gold and Red colored and either with horozontal stripes (For NCOs) and Stars--for Officers.

Also--as a variation--they wore a single rectangled "Collar Tab" over their left breast pocket. This is as the Japanese also did in ww2.

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Sorry Red-I thought It was 'BINGO' for me-ah well.
Carl-that answer is incorrect anyway-i won't give the answer away just in case i need it later.

Back to Red's question...and again my apologies...

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

OK, time for some clue's [img]smile.gif[/img]
This ship operated under this name ( USS Robin ) for a few months in 1943 as part of Task Force 14 in the the Southwest Pacific.

This ship was commissioned in 1941, saw action in the Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific, and Mediterranean. She was decommissioned in 1968 and scrapped in 1969.

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I dont think so but--perhapse your right. I might be getting their ranking system mixed up with the WW2 Japanese system.

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USS Finch?

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

No Panzerknacker
Time for another clue.
She was an Aircraft Carrier

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what! no answers yet

Come on folks, how many carriers were in the Pacific in 1943

[ 18. February 2003, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: redcoat ]

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HMS VICTORIOUS

Actually I wanted to give other guys a chance to answer this....( I hope it´s the right answer...)


http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Ships/Victorious.html

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Well done Kai
Spot on. HMS Victorious was renamed the USS Robin for the 3 months she was loaned to the US Navy in the Pacific in 1943.
check out the web-site Kai gave for more details
Its all yours, Kai

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Thanx Redcoat!

I´ll go for some marking details...

On Grossdeutschland: The steel helmet was accepted as the emblem towards the end of 1939.
( Panzer elite by James Lucas )

What was the method used to distinguish various battalions with this emblem?

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I know a collector that has several GD uniforms. The emblem most often used were small white helmets emblems made of leather and were worn on the right sleeve of their tunics.

Dave Suter is the collector I speak about and he can be contacted vis the Wehrmacht forums. He was known as Sarge there--being a Sergeant in a P.D. in Colorado.

I think the helmet emblems could be different colors too--not sure.

Also--a rare shoulder tab that is made from a piece of green felt cut into a diamond with the lettes GD embroidered in Gold on it.

PS, they also had metal and sometimes embroidered GD cyphers on their shoulderboards.

PSS--almost forgot: The embroidered GD cyphers came in different colors too--like Grass Green for Jagers--Red for Arty-etc.

[ 19. February 2003, 03:27 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]

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The method was used until 1942.

Hint: shape of frame.

Colours were used to distinguish the various companies within each battalion.

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If it aint any of those two--you got me [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Actually the net revealed the secret straight away as I tried, but anyway, here´s a "clue" in the midst of all from another site:spot the difference...

http://chrito.users1.50megs.com/_dat...ricemblems.htm

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Ok. I thought it was a great question... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Anyway, here´s the answer:
The various shapes of frame distinguished the various battalions of the regiment. 1st battalion had a square, 2nd a circle, 3rd a triangle and the 4th a diamond shape.

http://members.shaw.ca/grossdeutschland/gdvehicle.htm

Ok. a new question. What was Karl Dönitz´s last promotion?

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Fuhrer and Chancellor of the Greater German Reich

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Kind of like the good ole' 101st, except they used Spades, Diamonds, Hearts and Clubs, with squares placed at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock to denote battalion within each regiment...

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett